Shipping-book.



. yPATBNZITPD MAR. 13, 1906. l J. W. lPLAGE & H. L. CONT-ER..

SHIPPING BooK. n APPLICATION FILED IB.13,V190 5. Y

K lign I NAME 1 i ADDRESS STREET v DATE n f l r9 EXP,

WJTNESSES.-

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JAMES w. PLACE iii-TD 'HERMAN L. coNrEnoF'DnoATUR. nviinnlni.-` g

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5 Adams, in the State of Indiana, have invented certain `new and-useful Improvements in Shipping-Books; andwe dov hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactA K description of the invention, which'will en 1o able others skilled in the artA tc which it'aperta-ins rto make and use .the saine, reference ein had to the accompanying drawings, VWhic form part of this speciieation. Our invention relates to' improvements in r 5 shipping-books, especially designedfor 'use by manufacturers who 'ship their goods inA cases or other receptacles which are to be returned when empty...

The primary object of our present invention zo is to provide an improved shipping-book` ada te'dl to greatlysimplify and'facilitate `the wor of kee ing a record of certainvclasses of goods whic are shipped in cases, casks, or baskets which are to'be returned by the conz 5 signee when empty, and is specially designed for use by brewers, bottlers, ice-cream manufacturers, bakers, and laundrymen and-oth# ers. y f

^ Another dobject of our invention is to pro- 30 vide an im roved shipping-tag `which remains vattac ed to the-ship ingereceptacle for the. goods and having a etachablecoupon which is retained by the Vshipper and placed in the shipping-book as a record of the 35 shipment and s o remains until the receptacle sov entered is returned` to the consignon Our invention consists of a shippingfbook Whose pages are adapted to receive for temporary record the detachable coupons of a 4o novel form of'shi'pping-tag until thearticle of 4Whicliit Vis a record 1s returned to the con- Similar reference-numerals indicate like4 parts in the drawin s, in which;

,i 45 Figure 1 is a. lea of our improved record,

which maybe either a `bound or aloose-leaf record, vshowing thevmanner of numbering the places for entry andthe manner ofl entering the detachable'record-coupons, one corner. 5c` ofthe leaf beingsbrokenaway to show its constructionfor employin 4both'fa'ces of the leaf. Fig. 2 is an enlarged etail of our improved lshipping-tag, showing the manner of lacing shipping directions thereon and also s owing 5 5 lthe relative arrangement of the detachable "Specification of Letters Patent.

' y AppIication filed March 13,1905. Serial No. 249.742-

y Patented March 13,1905; y l Y The leaves l'of 'ourimprovedf shippingb'oolrare all exact duplicates of the onf 'shownin Fig' 1 "nd Consists of-tw' duplicate papers sheets land 2, 'rmly pasted or otherwise se- Cured to the opposite sides of aniintermedi-I secured in eithera boundbook ora looseleaf bookl in a well-understood manner. The

OPP'OS'G ed -e 'of k.each leafis :divided in any y n desired num erl of duplicateblank spaces 5fof l. proper sizeand proportionalhaving; a lproperV lseparatinglspace between them at. their V p erably of muslinor other suit- .able fabric, whose inner edge is so extended, j

as shown'at 4, to admit of its' being properly. f

ends vand sides and provided attheir. oppositel .1

p ends with the slots or openings 6', .adapted to ff :receive the retaining ends' ofthe tagfcoupons about tov be described.

j The blank spaces 5.are numbered consecue1 tively in any proper manner, preierablyfbef ginning at the upper left-handcorner, as

shown, the num placed directly above `the same.`

'The shipping-tag used with our invention maybe variously arranged, but preferablyr constructed as shown in Fig. 2, and consists of a body portion 7, having a permanent stub er .for each spacev'being 8 on one en d thereof and .a detachable coupon;v

9 upon. its lother end. The body 7 of this tag contains the address of the shi per and the address of the consignee, withpt e number of the case or-other receptacle to which it is at tached, and also containsthe direction that fthe tag is not to be removed. The stubportion- 8 has a` reinforced .perforation '10,'A by: M 1

which it is secured in position yin the usualp manner, and .contains 'the usualv` directions.

`for shipment and the date of shipment, as shown ,1n Fig. 2. The detachable' 'coupon 9 is ,united toipne .end of the .body .portion 7 by a perforated connection, as shown at 11, Fig. 2;

whereby it cany readily be detached at pleas-l ure, and is providedupon its opposite ends and midway of itssides with an extended lip. or lug12,'. adapted togsnugly itjthe vsl'ots orf:

openings, 6 for the purpose/0f retaining th@ coupon irl-position -on y'the leaf, aslshown inf` I This'. coupon` also contains whenin rig; 1.

use the Anurnbero-the receptacle-.toWhichthe. Y y

tag from whichv has been detach'edi.is` sem cured forV the pur ose ofpreservinga record" of, theshipment o the same and to identify it when returned",v the manner about .to ,be

described.

The manner ofve'mploying our invention isV .obvious and, brieliy stated, .is as. follows;e`

When a case or receptacle containing an order of goods-such as ice-cream, bottled beer, bread, or lanndried articlesis ship ed to a customer, our shipping-tag, Fig. 2, is 'as- 5 tened thereto, as described, with the address of the consignes and the number which is given the rece tacle placed upon both the tag-body 7 an the coupon 9. This coupon is now detached from the body of the shipping-tag and placed in position in the blank space 5 which corresponds to the number of the tag and coupon. For example., assuming that the case or receptacle is numbered 2, then boththe shipping-tag and the coupon will also be numbere( 2, and this coupon after detachment is placed for, record in the pace 5, which is numbered 2, as shown in ig. 1. When the case numbered 2 is returned to the consigner, the shipping-tag is removed and checked up with the recordcoupon No. 2, after which this coupon is taehed from its place on the page and is either filed away or destroyed. Should the shipping-tag get lost belore its return, the return of the receptacle itself numbered 2 Will be checked up with the record-coupon, as before, so that the same receptacle n eed never be charged up twice to the same party. ltyis evident this method of keeping trac. t of Stich receptacles is far more convenient and 'reliablethan the present irregular method. Our invention is capable of many other similar uses too numerous to mention and can readily be adapted for use in public and circulating libraries. p Obviously, both sides of each leaf of ourinvention are adapted for use in the same manner, since they are exactly alikey though, it

desired, but one side of the leaf need be prepared to receive the recordctmpous.

Having thus described our invention and the manner ol employing the same, what we desire to secure by Letters Patent isi-- l. Ashipping-bookhavingduplicateleaves Secured to the opposite sides of an intermediate dividing-lcal', the outer face, ot cach du plicate leaf being divided into a plurality of blank spaces provided with a proper separat.- ing-space between them at their opposite ends, the said scparating-spaees being num bcreddls described, and ,the opposite ends of the said blank spaces being slotted te receive the retaining ends of a detachable shipping* tag coupon correspondingly numbered with the indicated space into which it is received and retained. v

2. A shipping-booli whose. leaves are divided into a plurality`- of blank spaces, having a proper separating-space between them at thcireuds and sides, the said cud spaces bcing numbered lor the purpose specified` and the opposite ends ot' the said blank spaces be ing provided with slots ada )ted to receive the retaining ends of a dctacliable shippingtag coupon correspondingly numbered with the indicated space into which it is received and retaimid.

Signed by us at Decatur, Adams county, State ot' ludiaua, thisltlth day of March, A. D. 1905.

J AMES W PLM lil. HERMAN li. LUiv'llllt.

Witnesses .lasse (I. L:'i"roN,

C. A. inicia, 

